My boyfriend's son is 12 and was just diagnosed. He has been in the hospital for 4 days now. He will go home tomorrow. The classes have taught a lot, but I want to hear from people with experience.
We are curious about the eating out thing. If you have to take your insulin 15 minutes before eating do you do it at the table or in the bathroom?
What about the menu at these places, how do you determine the carbs on items if they don't have a nutritional guide?
Anything I can tell him that will make it easier?
Anything you wished you would have known before you experienced it?
Any tips and tricks are greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
John, Aaron and Kristie
2006-07-09 07:23:27 · 10 answers · asked by John & Kristie R 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
check this out:
-101 Tips For Improving Your Blood Sugar
(Paperback)
by University of New Mexico Diabetes Care Team
-101 Nutrition Tips For People with Diabetes (Paperback)
by Patricia Bazel Geil, Lea Ann Holzmeister
i know that is not so easy to deal with it,especially for children, it is difficult to understand for them why they have to avoid some food that they really like (all those candies and cookies and even more). but still it is very important and in the long run has the only effect not to use any tricks, but just try to explain to the child why it is so important to wach out for diet... they must know and understand it themselves or else not rules will ever be effective. alternativelly, try to find special sort of sweetnes for people with diabetes(taste also very good). that should improve the situation at least a little... ;))
2006-07-09 08:11:38 · answer #1 · answered by roza_kwiatkowska 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-18 23:01:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-17 11:06:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without going into a lot of detail, type two diabetes is controllable with the proper diet. Read Protein Power buy Doctors May and Michael Eades. You will be enlightened. I've been researching diet and food and the body's responses to both for about thirty years now. While not an expert, I have discovered that in areas of diet and nutrition, which are the major cause of type two diabetes, medical doctors are woefully blind and bigoted. Also, look at the products at Xtend-life.com. They are the best I've come across.
Good luck.
2006-07-09 07:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He (and you) will get pretty good at carb counting just by eyeballing things ...1 slice of bread, 1/2 c potatoes or 1/3 c pasta = 15g or 1 serving of carbs. After a while you will both know what is doable from the plate and what to leave there. And you can take insulin fairly inconspicuously at a table once you have the hang of it. The whole thing of diabetes is to get used to the fact that you have it. You may not be able to get comfortable with it, but you have to deal with it. None of us asked for it, but each of us can do our best to control it. Perhaps he will be able to benefit from some of the new technology that is being worked out everyday...the pump, pancreatic transplant, vaccinations, any of a number of hopeful cures that may help younger diabetics not go through what many of us have had to deal with for many years.
2006-07-09 07:39:22 · answer #5 · answered by Mary T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clinically Proven Diabetes Solution : http://www.DiabetesTreated.com/Service
2015-08-18 18:56:18 · answer #6 · answered by Colby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
visit this page
it also contains a link to Recentrly diagnosed.
I also recommend going to a dietitian who knows and can teach them about racions of carbs contained in cereals, fruits, and food containing sugars. Ask dietitian also about food Glycemic Index.
Because food he has to eat depends on the insuline type he's getting. and dietitian must check him out about his weight, age, height, physical activity (veery important,this can help him to build muscle and so control better his blood glucose level, exercise help blood sugar to enter in cells without the help of insulin) but remember he must also check his blood glucose level, several times a day (*some kids get tired of doing this, so you have to cheer him up). Good luck, and he will be fine.
I also think that in US there are many guides about food and diabetes approved by American Diabetes Assoc.
CONTROL OF BLOOD GLUCOSE IS THE KEY TO A LONG AND NORMAL LIFE.
2006-07-09 08:07:59 · answer #7 · answered by sophie_seck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be careful in timing shots if he takes lantus he can take humalog when the meal is there cause crashes are no fun
2006-07-09 07:36:32 · answer #8 · answered by HEY boo boo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found some good info here.
2006-07-09 07:49:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer --> http://DiabetesGoGo.com/?BICK
2016-03-23 01:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋